Boston bag



Filed Sept. 7, 1926 2 Sheet55he3 *y l I n l l l l f l 1 1 INVENTOR Hm',ATTORNEY April 23, 1929. 1 w, BRANDT 1,710,041

BOSTON BAG Filed sept. V, 1926 2 sheets-shesM 2 INVENTOR HQ ATTOR NEYPatented Apri 23, 1,929.

, Unirse STATES yJenn w. BRANDT,

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Bosron BAG.

` Application fried september v, 192s. semi No. 133,752.

My invention relates to bags, and relates particularly to bags of thecBostonl type. n Afn object of my invention is to' provide a Boston bagof relatively inexpensive construction which is capable of standing'upon its bottom' in upright position to facilitate. .lilling or emptyingthe bag or inspecting .its

contents.

' Another object of my invention is to provide a bag of the classdescribed which will stand erect when placed upon its bottoni to Vpermitthe insertion, inspection,` or lremoval of articles and at thesanie timewhen empty may he folded in collapsedr form so as to be carried underyone"s arm or, rolled in ones hand with a minimum ofdiscomfort. y,

- Another object of my invention is to pro vide removable innerlinerpockets for a bag of this characterwhich maybe inexpensive lymanufactured and. which willy be capable of receiving anddispensingarticles from wi thin and when without the bag.

' Other objects of niy invention, and the iny vention itself will becomeapparent byreference to the following description of an em-y bodimentthereof,land in whiclidescription reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings illustrating the said embodiment.

Fig. 1 shows a view in side elevation, the lower portion in mediallongitudinal vertical section of an embodiment of my invention. Fig. EZkis a section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3h53' of Fig. 2Q

Fig. 4t is a View of a bag embodying my yinvention in half opencondition. The inner skeleton-frame of the bag being indicated by dottedlines.

Fig.y 5 is a view taken on the line Fig. 6.y f

Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 6`G of Fig. 1.,

Figs. 7 and 8 are views ofthe bag, empty, in collapsed form. f Y

Referring know to the drawings, all of which illustrate a singleembodiment of my invention, comprising a bag of the Boston k5--5 of typesometimes known as a students type bag which is characterized by arelatively stili", heavy bottoni 1 sloping upwardly, and inwardlysloping longitudinal sides 2 and `3,

terminating in substantially U-shaped hinged frame elements 4 and 5wherebya mouth is f provided which, when entirely opened, perf inits theinsertion of articles of greatest width ycapable of being of the bag.`also, by joining together the two side walls at the ends 6 and 7 along aseam such as 8,

dle vtopinost portions of the side walls. Such bags generally arewell-known 'and iu common use. The bag of my invention, however, isprovided with a reinforcing strip 11 einbedded between the bottom facing12 and the relatively stiff sheet 13 of bottom material such as pulpboard or like material to the upper side of which a bottoni lining`facing 14 is preferably ailixed. The different layers of bottom material11, 13 and 141. and the reinforcing strip 11, preferably of metallicmaterial, arey secured in place .in proper superposed relation by rivets`l5 of whichV at least four are preferably provided which have enlargedheads 16 coiivexly rounded, adapted to engage the surface upon which thebag is placed to support the saine to hold the bottoni facing 11 outof'contact with such surface.r A. pair of rivets 17 are also prov`videdto assist in carrying out this function and at the saine time yeachrigidly secures a substantially L-shaped reinforcing rod 18 with thnarnisthereof disposed closely along the end portion of the liner facing14 and along the inner surface of the bag and walls G and 7 to a pointapproximately half the height of the opened bag where the rod terminatesin an eye 19 which is riveted by a rivet 2O to the material of the bagsubstantially in the center of the end wall.

rlflie arrangement at each end of the bag is the saine and the end wallsare supported in erect position along their mid-portions as illustratedin the different figures, and partieularly in Figs. 1, and l to 6inclusive. The rods 18 terminate at the ends of each of their arms ineyes, the eyes for the lower arms being shown at 21, the rivets 17passing therethrough to secure the rods to the reinforcing stripllthr'ough intermediate layers of inter posed bottom sheets 13 and 14.By supporting the end walls to a height approximately that half of theopen bag, the bag while being form-sustaining when placed upon itsbottom to facilitate the insertion or removal of articles in the bag orinspection of the bag contents, nevertheless, when empty, may be foldedas illustrated in Figs. 7 and S. The hinged frame elements 4 and 5 towhich the materials of the sides 2 and 3 are secured accommodated by thewidth Such a bag is preferably made,

`and handles 9 and 10 are allixed tothe inidpreferably stantially aboutan axis closely approximating a line drawn between the rivets 2O so thatthe bag may beV collapsed in compact forni as illustrated. It Will benoted Ythat in the making of tlie'bag, no special sewing vneed be had inorder to providefor the placementof the rod 18, it being put in placepreierably after the bag isotherxvise connaleted.V

Y At 22'and 23 I show a pair oit' pocket sup'- porting sheets,preferably of leather or leather substitute material having` snapfastener sockets alongltheir upper edges at 2li,v adapted f to cooperatewith snapfastener eyes 25 proy @Pens such sheets may jecting inwardlyfrom the inner surface of the upper portions ofthe bag sides wherebysuspended from the bag sides.vr As illustrated Jfor the sheet23, thesepockets, as shounia-t 35, may be relatively shallov,rv and normallyorfthey may comprise a liap 26-With a snap'fastener means 2T cooperatingwith snap fastener means 28 kof the sheet to permit closure of thepockets which, in such a ease, may be made deeper as'illustrated on thesheet 22, Fig. 6. WThen desired, the pocketsearryv ing sheets suchV asthat shown at 22, may be removed entirely from the by disasseoiating thesnapy fastener elements 2% and 25.

Having thus described my invention in a preferred embodiment, I am awarethat numerous and extensive departures may bemade from the embodimentoti'ny inventiony herein'illustrated and described but Without de`parting from vthe spirit'of myinvention,

by sewing, being rotatable submouth traine, a'p air of substantially beremovably secured to andk I ela-im:

l. In va foston bag the combination with a relatively stiI bottom andrelatively exible side and Yend Wails and a hinged L shaped metallicsupports for theend Walls, each having eyelet 'openings atv itsextremities, said supports being secured 'to' the material of thebottoni Wall, of a length approximately halt the height of Vthe bag, andbeing secured to the endivall thereof at their eyelet portions, and ametallic,reinforcing strip embedded Within the bottom oli' the bag andsecuring means interconnecting the 'bottom eyelet portionsot the Lshaped supports andthe strip through an interposed layer oi bottom1natef rial.r Y

2( Inf a 'Y Boston bag, @a relatively stiff bottom therefor comprisingsuperposed layers ot'vbottoin materia-l, a stiifening strip Wit-hin theoutermost layers thereof extending longitudinally of the middle of thebottom and embedded therein, 'of a pair of L shaped end Wall metallicsupports each secured to an end'Wall at its end at approximately halfthe lheight out the bag and secured at their Vlower ends to the stripwith an interposed layer of bottom materialvbetween the supportsand'thestrip, and a hinged top frame tor the bag .disposed between the uppereX- trem'ities ot the supports.

In testimonyvwhereof I hereunto affix 'my Ysignature this 4th day ofAug., 1926.V

JOHN W. BRANDT.

